Axons are distinguished from dendrites by several features, including shape ( dendrites often taper while axons usually maintain a constant radius ), length ( dendrites are restricted to a small region around the cell body while axons can be much longer ), and function ( dendrites usually receive signals while axons usually transmit them ).

Individual axons are microscopic in diameter ( typically about 1μm across ), but may be up to several feet in length.

Giraffes have single axons several meters in length running along the entire length of their necks.

Men have slightly more white matter than females both in volume and in length of myelinated axons.

To have an optimized neural system it must balance four variables-it must " minimize conduction delays in axons, passive cable attenuation in dendrites, and the length of ' wire ' used to construct circuits " as well as " maximize the density of synapses ", essentially optimizing the neuropil.

For example, motor neurons, which travel from the spinal cord to the muscle, can have axons up to a meter in length in humans ; the longest axon in the human body is almost two meters long in tall individuals and runs from the great toe to the medulla oblongata of the brainstem.

The axons travel up the length of the spinal cord into the brainstem, specifically the rostral ventromedial medulla.

In distal axonopathy, one common pattern is that the cell bodies of neurons remain intact, but the axons are affected in proportion to their length.

The neurons of the dopaminergic pathways have axons which run the entire length of the pathway.

In the cortex, basket cells have sparsely branched axons giving off small pericellular, basket-shaped elaborations at several intervals along their length.

The other variables include the dancer who is to perform the movement and the length of time he is to take in its performance.

This is less than the length of a jet runway -- well within the circle of destruction.

the athlete of by-gone years who wears a size 46 suit and puffs when he has finished a sentence of any length then, it is time to break it up and move on.

Some critics say that the length of stay in a hospital is too long.

Chuck a length of 1/8'' '' dia. drill rod into a drill press or some similar turning device and while it is rotating file the end square and then file a slight taper 1/8'' '' long.

The cross-sectional area of the cylinders is determined and then the volume of the individual cylinders is computed by multiplying the area by the stroke length, which is the equivalent of the length of the cylinders.

otherwise, you'll have to spend a few minutes to either attach a suitable spring clip somewhere on the press head or fit the key to a length of light chain and fasten to the bottom of the motor mount so that the key is out of the way when not in use.

The whole length of Essex bridge is one thousand and thirty feet and its breadth thirty-four.

Fortunately, although only a few years ago they held the student at arms length, today the business houses welcome the opportunity to aid the student, not only from an increased sense of community responsibility but also from the realization that the student of today is the interior designer of tomorrow -- that the student already is `` in the trade ''.

Although the play does show a certain structural amateurishness ( there are eleven acts varying in length from twenty-five seconds to an hour and a half ), the statement it makes concerning the ceaseless yearning and searching of youth is profound and worthy of our attention.

Mars has been observed twice at about 3-cm wave length, and the intensity of the observed radiation is in reasonable agreement with the thermal radiation which might be predicted on the basis of the known temperature of Mars.

Such an instrument is expected to be especially useful if it could be used to measure the elasticity of heavy pastes such as printing inks, paints, adhesives, molten plastics, and bread dough, for the elasticity is related to those various properties termed `` length '', `` shortness '', `` spinnability '', etc., which are usually judged by subjective methods at present.

A number of semiempirical estimates by various workers lead to the conclusion that the Af bond becomes symmetric when the Af bond length is about 2.4 to 2.5 A, but aside from the possible example of nickel dimethylglyoxime there have been no convincing reports of symmetric Af bonds.

Data on the former are scanty, but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others, thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does, indeed, attain the greatest length.

For four of the six ( the anaconda and the amethystine python cannot be included for lack of data ) there is also a correlation between size at maturity and maximum length, the boa constrictor being the smallest and the Indian python the next in size at the former stage.

The following information on snakes varying greatly in size ( but all with less than a 10-foot maximum ) shows, when considered with the foregoing, that there is probably no correlation between the length of a snake and the time required for it to mature.

The longer poems differ from the polymetra and the epigrams not only in length but also in their subjects: There are seven hymns and one mini-epic, or epyllion, the most highly prized form for the " new poets ".

Modeling objects in this way ignores the fact that matter is made of atoms, and so is not continuous ; however, on length scales much greater than that of inter-atomic distances, such models are highly accurate.

Together with better tools and enhanced technologies, this has led to new implementations of highly encoded and variable length designs without load-store limitations ( i. e. non-RISC ).

The " Kyoho Meibutsucho " also listed the nicknames, prices, history and length of the Meibutsy with swords by Yoshimitsu, Masamune, Yoshihiro, and Sadamune being very highly priced.

Note that although Be < sub > 2 </ sub > has a bond order of 0 according to MO, there is experimental evidence of a highly unstable Be < sub > 2 </ sub > compound having a bond length of 245 pm and bond energy of 10kJ / mol.

The instructions suggested scoring the bottles vertically with a diamond to ensure breakage and providing fuel-soaked rag, windproof matches or a length of cinema film ( made of highly flammable nitrocellulose ) as a source of ignition.

It was therefore advantageous for the density of information held in computer programs to be high, leading to features such as highly encoded, variable length instructions, doing data loading as well as calculation ( as mentioned above ).

The length of time depends on the degree to which the rice was polished, ranging from several hours or even overnight for an ordinary milling to just minutes for highly polished rice.

This allowed the STAR to use vectors of any length, making it highly flexible.

Considered by some economists to be a rare and extreme form of recession, a depression is characterized by its length ; by abnormally large increases in unemployment ; falls in the availability of credit, often due to some kind of banking or financial crisis ; shrinking output as buyers dry up and suppliers cut back on production and investment ; large number of bankruptcies including sovereign debt defaults ; significantly reduced amounts of trade and commerce, especially international ; as well as highly volatile relative currency value fluctuations, most often due to devaluations.

:" Because highly fit schemata of low defining length and low order play such an important role in the action of genetic algorithms, we have already given them a special name: building blocks.

In the case of a lumped Raman amplifier highly nonlinear fiber with a small core is utilised to increase the interaction between signal and pump wavelengths and thereby reduce the length of fiber required.

The tube, however, is highly coiled, giving it a considerable length in relation to the size of the animal.

Although one formation theory originally proposed since the 1980s by Bohan-Henry and collaborators suggests that drumlin creation by a catastrophic flooding release of highly pressurized water flowing underneath the glacial ice, the recent retreat of a marginal outlet glacier of Hofsjökull in Iceland provided the opportunity for direct study of a drumlin field with formation of > 50 drumlins ranging from in length, in width, and in height.

One, Light Detection and Ranging ( LiDAR ), gives highly accurate information on the cloud's altitude, length, and width.

The first description of an ALT cell line demonstrated that their telomeres are highly heterogeneous in length and predicted a mechanism involving recombination ( Murnane et al., 1994 ).

The final reelin domain contains a highly basic and short C-terminal region ( CTR, marked "+") with a length of 32 amino acids.

Harvesters are highly computerized to optimize cutting length, control harvest area by GPS and utilize price list for each specific logs to archive most economical results during harvesting.

The essential principle of the microscope is that an objective lens with very short focal length ( often a few mm ) is used to form a highly magnified real image of the object.

The length and mass of the snakes highly depend on their localities and some other factors.

Jetboats are highly maneuverable, and many can, from full speed, be reversed and brought to a stop within little more than their own length, in a maneuver known as a " crash stop ".

Although the reactance at the feedpoint can be cancelled using such an element length, the feed-point impedance is very high, and is highly dependent on the diameter of the conductor ( which makes only a small difference at the actual resonant frequency ).

The saw was " a strong steel cutting-plate, of great breadth, with large teeth, highly polished and thoroughly wrought, some eight or ten feet in length " with a handle on either end.

Because of the prize money and prestige associated with this event, four new catamarans ( and two highly modified ones ) over 100 ' in length were built to compete.